About Kay Stephen, Founder of So Buttery Skin

I started So Buttery Skin in my kitchen because nothing else worked.

I am Kay. Three years ago I was sitting on the bathroom floor at 11pm because my daughter's eczema would not stop. The prescription cream worked for four good days then quit. The 'fragrance-free' baby lotion smelled like perfume on her skin. I had spent more money on her body than I want to count, and I was out of ideas.

One night I tried raw shea butter, the kind a friend had brought me from her trip home. Just shea butter, nothing else. By morning her face was visibly calmer. By the third night her skin was almost clear. That was the moment I stopped buying skincare and started making it.

What So Buttery Skin actually is.

Everything we make is plant-based, hand-whipped in small batches, and built around real shea butter, mango butter, avocado butter, and jojoba oil. Every formula is tested first on the most reactive skin in the house, then on me, then on the customers who write back asking what changed. No synthetic fragrance. No parabens. No mineral oil. No fillers. Just the ingredients that work and the ones I can pronounce.

We launched in 2023. We have crossed 100,000 dollars in revenue without a single paid ad in the early years, all by word of mouth from families who finally found something that worked. Woman-owned, founder-made, vegan, cruelty-free, zero synthetic fragrance. Every order ships from my kitchen.

Shop the story.

If you are here because you have tried everything else, start here.

• The Eczema Soothing Body Butter is the first formula I ever made. It is the one that calmed my daughter and now anchors hundreds of family routines.
• The Eczema Care collection bundles the body butter with the unscented option, the refill pouch, and the sensitive bundle for families managing eczema across more than one person.
• The Sensitive Bundle pairs the Eczema Soothing Body Butter with the Unscented Body Butter for the days when even gentle essential oils feel like too much.

The credibility stuff.

• Three years in business, founder-formulated, made in my home kitchen
• Over 100,000 dollars in revenue since launch, growing
• 35 active products spanning body butter, face care, lip balm, and bundles
• Plant-based, vegan, cruelty-free, no synthetic fragrance, no parabens, no mineral oil
• Real reviews from families on every product page, written by people whose skin actually changed

Why I keep doing this.

The thing that breaks me open every time is the messages from other parents who write to tell me their kid slept through the night for the first time in months after using the Eczema Soothing Body Butter. Or that a grandma who could not tolerate any moisturizer for years can finally use the Unscented one. Or that a teenager with reactive skin stopped picking at her arms because the Sensitive Bundle worked. Those notes are the reason I have not scaled into a factory. They are the reason every batch is still small and made by hand.

If you have a story like that, send it to me. I read every email.

How to reach me.

The fastest way is the Contact page. If you want product guidance, browse the Body Butter, Face, and Refill collections. If you want the blog, the most-read post is the 2026 guide to the best body butter for eczema, which walks through exactly what to look for and what to avoid.

Thank you for being here. Whether you order today or never, I am glad you found us.

Kay Stephen
Founder, So Buttery Skin